DREAM.15 takes place Saturday at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama,
Japan. The event airs live in the U.S. on HDNet (3 a.m. ET).

According to DREAM’s official website, O’Brien was only a kilogram over the 93-kilogram limit, and officials are allowing him to weigh in a second time. However, Ricco Rodriguez, who’s in Japan for a fight with Alistair Overeem that never materialized, posted a Twitter message stating that he may replace O’Brien in his fight with Gegard Mousasi.

Aoki, meanwhile, fights for the first time since his April title loss to Strikeforce champ Gilbert Melendez. Kawajiri, who’s 7-1 since a loss of his own to Melendez, is confident he’ll take the champ’s belt.

“This is a new day for Japanese MMA,” Kawajiri said. “So tomorrow I will win by knockout or submission.”

A total of 26 fighters got their chance to shine on Saturday as part of UFC 190 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. Now that UFC 190 is in the books, it’s time to commence MMAjunkie’s “Three Stars” ceremony.

The man known for cranking submissions to the point of injury added eye-gouging to his repertoire. But is the controversy of Rousimar Palhares too essential to his bizarre, awful appeal for his employers to take any meaningful action against him?